What a save by Weidenfeller.. pretty open game so far all things considered. Encouraging

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Couldn't have been more impressed w/ Gundogan in the first half. Work rate is off the charts.

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Sucks that Bayern won and the ref sucked, but the game was awesome and Germany won, so I can't complain!

Ok Rosebud I won't lie I went absolutely mental when Robben scored. Loved him at Madrid & I've always liked him for the Netherlands too so there was so much redemption in that strike. Very cracking Final.

Hopefully Neymar solves Barca's Messi problem once and for all. Despite all the money we've invested up front, we've never had a reliable, elite second option to help take the pressure off Messi since Eto'o and Henry were playing.

Crazy ass finish in in the Mexican League final. America was down two with one man down when they score in the 89th minute to bring them within one, then their goalie tied it in the 93rd with a header off a corner kick. Of course they went on to win it in PKs.

MS who's your Mexican team? A guy I lived with for like 4 years was a huge Chivas fan so I have heard my fair share of America hate.

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Hopefully Neymar solves Barca's Messi problem once and for all. Despite all the money we've invested up front, we've never had a reliable, elite second option to help take the pressure off Messi since Eto'o and Henry were playing.

That second scoring punch is definitely what they need. The CL has made their over reliance on Messi painfully obvious. I'm interested to see how Neymar holds up against the physicality in Europe though.

MS who's your Mexican team? A guy I lived with for like 4 years was a huge Chivas fan so I have heard my fair share of America hate.

That second scoring punch is definitely what they need. The CL has made their over reliance on Messi painfully obvious. I'm interested to see how Neymar holds up against the physicality in Europe though.

He'll be fine for 99% of the games. Spain isn't an overly physical league and the officials recently have been shaded towards the less physical games of Italy and Spain. That being said there are certainly a few referees that let them play which would be a HUGE disadvantage for him. I think he's going to flourish in Spain if he were headed to the EPL I'd be concerned for him but I think he's going to go very well with the Barcelona team.

MS who's your Mexican team? A guy I lived with for like 4 years was a huge Chivas fan so I have heard my fair share of America hate.

I don't follow nearly as much as when i used to sit and watch with my dad, but i've always rooted for the UANL Tigres, my dad's alma mater. And yes, i was brought up despising everything America related.

He'll be fine for 99% of the games. Spain isn't an overly physical league and the officials recently have been shaded towards the less physical games of Italy and Spain. That being said there are certainly a few referees that let them play which would be a HUGE disadvantage for him. I think he's going to flourish in Spain if he were headed to the EPL I'd be concerned for him but I think he's going to go very well with the Barcelona team.

Oh yea, I think he will be fine in Spain. I'm more referring to when they get to the bigger European tournaments and play EPL teams and such.

So Dortmund have apparently already locked up Sokratis for 9.5m, Pizarro for 3m, de Bruyne for 12.5m, Eriksen for 15m and Bernard for 10m. Which leaves them around 50 mil left over from the CL and Gotze sale, and that without adding in any money if they do sell Lewa.

Maybe they do just sit on him for one more year and let him walk for free next year. With that caliber of talent coming in to replace Gotze and Santana and some money to improve the FB depth, keeping hold of Lewa could let them compete with Bayern on all fronts.

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Is Shaun Hill a top 10 QB? Definitely not. Is he a top 20 one? Almost certainly.

Not too bad at all, if they could also win the race for Goretzka they'd be pretty set to tackle the BuLi and CL with some amazing teenagers. Wouldn't really be contenders to win either comp, but could make the CL quarterfinals and lock up another CL place finish.

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JPP is a better and more productive player than Brandon Graham

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Is Shaun Hill a top 10 QB? Definitely not. Is he a top 20 one? Almost certainly.